diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qwt/6.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qwt/6.nix
index a99573ca5e43..cd940b818e92 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qwt/6.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qwt/6.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, qtbase, qtsvg, qttools }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, qtbase, qtsvg, qttools, qmakeHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "qwt-6.1.2";
@@ -9,16 +9,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ qtbase qtsvg qttools ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ qmakeHook ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     sed -e "s|QWT_INSTALL_PREFIX.*=.*|QWT_INSTALL_PREFIX = $out|g" -i qwtconfig.pri
   '';
 
-  configurePhase = ''
-    runHook preConfigure
-    qmake -after doc.path=$out/share/doc/${name} -r
-    runHook postConfigure
-  '';
+  qmakeFlags = [ "-after doc.path=$out/share/doc/${name}" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Qt widgets for technical applications";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qwt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qwt/default.nix
index 451784261f82..4aa7c0bc7d5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qwt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qwt/default.nix
@@ -15,11 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -e "s|INSTALLBASE.*=.*|INSTALLBASE = $out|g" -i qwtconfig.pri
   '';
 
-  configurePhase = ''
-    runHook preConfigure
-    qmake INSTALLBASE=$out -after doc.path=$out/share/doc/${name} -r
-    runHook postConfigure
-  '';
+  configurePhase = ''qmake INSTALLBASE=$out -after doc.path=$out/share/doc/${name} -r'';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Qt widgets for technical applications";